Battle Axe Vs War Axe Skyrim

From default only the axe perks are worthwhile propably meaningless as you have the overhaul if you go enchanting use stahlrim mace and sword with chaos damadge.

Battle axe vs war axe skyrim. And they all stack. As for existing weapons i reccomend using the dawnguard rue axe and the dawnbreaker or the mace of molag bal and the dawnguard rue axe. For the elder scrolls v. The greatsword is a little faster and uses slightly less stamina but the battleaxe does slightly more damage.

Shorter handled axes were favored by knights for mounted combat. Battle axes and limbsplitter with the bleeding dmg does sound pretty meh like fire dmg its not that great but handy. By stack i mean that bleeding damage lasts for 5 seconds. If you are gonna dual whield use sword mace as it is the best setup out of the six.

1 perk does 3 bleeding damage. It s more like a waste of perk. Viking warriors are thought to be the first europeans to make a large battle axe just for war. A unperked war axe does 1 bleeding damage.

Unless perk tree is altered by mods 1h war axe is the only perks that are worth anything. The battle axe was a crucial instrument since the stone age. Battleaxes swing slower than greatswords but quicker than warhammers. In the end the differences are so little it s up to personal preference.

Swords are fastest followed by axes then warhammers but you don t need that last bit. I m an axe guy myself but there are some beautiful greatswords out there. But i got to thinking b axes take time to swing and the bleeding dmg can cause consant dmg inbetween attacks. Since swords were not effectively useful against plate armor maces axes and war hammers were preferred by foot soldiers during the middle ages.

For perks war axe is the best. It looks better and the crit is much more situational than the warhammer s ignore armor ability. All 3 perks does 7 bleeding damage. Skyrim special edition on the playstation 4 a gamefaqs message board topic titled great sword battle axe or war hammer.

The axe s bleed effect isn t such a great thing. 2 perks does 5 bleeding damage. One one handed weapons the damage is done over 6 seconds and the exact damage is based on the material of the weapon.